Improved ox-cart



v To all whom ltracy concern:

. invent-ed certain Improvements in Carts, of which the Vthe cart when extended, the wheels and tongue beingI i removed, to show more clearly my improvements.

of the respective parts.

.oi` the cart is to he extended, may be drawn out, so as and use my invention, l will "proceed to describe the manner inwhich l have carried it out.

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I MARK-VS. WOODBURY, vOl? BETEL VERMONT.

l Letters Patent No. 86,619, dated Februar/ry 2, 1869.

IMPROVED OX-GART.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pan of the sain-1e.

Be ila-known that'I, MARK S. WonBURY, of Bethel, in the county of Windsor, and State of Vermont, have following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making pait of this specification, in whichl Figure lv is a perspective view of an oir-cart with my improvements applied thereto.

.Figure 2 is a perspective view, representing the manner in which the body of the cart is extended.

lFigure 3 is a plan of'the under-side of the body of Figure 4 is aplan of'- the upper side of the axle and wheels, together with `the tongue or draught-pole,.thc red lines representing it when drawn ont. v

My invention particularly relates to that 'class of carts employed for various `farming-puiposes, and ordinai-ily termed fox-carts. i

vAs these carts are requiredto be used for drawing both heavy, compact materials, suchY as stones, dirt,- Stc., andalso those'which are light and bulky, such as hay, straw, Src., it hasheen customary to provide a shortau'd a long b'ody, and also a short and along tongue-piece, or draught-pole, which may be attached Ato one and the same pair of wheels;

This construction is objectionable, for the reason of the expense incident thereto, and also because of the inconvenience audloss of time occasioned bythe change To remove the above-mentioned objectionsfis the purpose of my invention, which consists in a sliding frame in connection with an extension-top, rail, or ravf7 the frame, when drawn out, serviug .to support the front or tail-board, in such manner as to extend the' floor of the cart, the frame being held firmly togetherland in place by means of-theextensionrawffand my invention also consists in a-sliding .tongue-piece, or draughpole, which, when the body to project a suliicient distance infront toallow the oren to be hitchedit-liereto. i

'lo enablegothcrs skilled in the art to understand In iig. 1, of the said drawings, the body of the cart is-represented of the ordinary length required for drawing stones, dirt, or other heavy and compactmaterial.

A is' the door;

B B, the two sides;

C C, the front and tail-boards respectively; and- D`D, the side rails, or raves, hinged, at a, to the longitudinal beams E E, forming the top of the body.

F E are the transverse top rails, at the front and rear ends of the cart, which tit over the upper ends of polos b, projecting up from the interior of hollow posts il. isng from supplementari' cross-hars H l, extend-- ing transversely and immediately infront and behind the body of the cart,`and contiguous to the ordinary front and rear 'cross-bain, K.

These supplementary cross-bars H I are secured, near each end, to the outer ends of longitudinal bars L, which-are 'free-to slide within guides c, attached to the-under sideof the bottom side rails M.

To each end of the longitudinal beams E E is' pivoted an arm, el, the outer end of which is flattened horizontally, and is provided with a circular hole, to allow of its fitting snugly over the top of the hollow post G next it, whenthe arm is swung down, to hold the sliding bar L, with its front or tail-board C, in place.

To each end of-'the` side rails or raves D D is hinged, atf, an extension-mil or ra\'e, N, provided with a hole,vg, at its outer end, for theypurpose of fitting over the upper end of the pole b, next it, when the sliding frame is drawn out to increase the length of the body, when the cart is to be employed in transporting haystraw, or other light products.

I will nowdescribe, by reference to iig."2 bow'the bodylof the cart may be extended, in a convenient and expeditious manuel'.

- It are pins, which pass through the door of the cart intov holes in the 'sliding frame beneath, 4to assist in holding it securely in place when drawn 'out thereunder. 4 YThese pins are first removed, and the raves D D are inclined inward, to allow thev arms d, at each corner of thev body, to be thrown up out of connection with the tops oflthe hollow posts Gr, when the ii'ames are -i'ree Vto be drawn out a distance equal to the height of the front or tail-board, the latter being then swung down, so as tc rest upon the frame, audthus'inerease the length'of the body. l v

In this position 'the extensions of the door are secured, by dropping the pins 7i, through their holes in the iioonand into holes in the sliding frani'e, and by turning back the raves D D, anillthro'wingdowu the extension-raves N. N, the hole g, iu the end of each, being brought snugly overthe upper ends of the poles l1, at the four corners of the body.

. The tail and iront-boards are each connected, at m, with the body by hinges, so constructed as. to allow of their removal when in a vertical position, but secures vthem in place, as desired, when in a horizontal position.

The extension of the body of the cart, above described, neccssitates the lengthening of the tongue, or draught-pole, 4in order to furnish suflcient room to hitch the oxen thereto.

`This is accomplished very readily as follows: y vO O are a pair of wheels attached to the ends of an axle, over which, andV secured theijetovby straps n, is a transverse piece, P, into which are fastened the ends ot" two braces, Q Q, the oppositeI ends oi' which are united by plates o o, forming a guide, through which a tongue, or draught-pole, R, is free Slide, 0n the recart, which may be readily adpted to all of the require-A ments of :i form, tlms avoidingthe. expense of an extra vbody and draughtfpoie, lincidentto the old method of construction. A-

moval of al pin, p, passing through one of theholes q r in the said pole. v

S is another guide, foi` steadying the pole, nud for. directing its end into the transvelse piece P.

The pole being in the position shown in black, tig. 4, the pin p is lifted out of its hole, and the p'ole drawn ont until the hole q is brought in line with an aperture formed by a. bent strap seourerl to theside of the guide vS, when the pin is droppedthereinto, and the pole is secured, as required. v

By the zipplicaitionvof the foregoing improvements, I am enabled to provide, at a tm'iiing expense, an ox- Aforth..-

Claims.

MARK s. Woonnlmy.

Witnesses.:

. JOHN W. Eismann,

J oHN E. ABBOTT. 

